The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The delegation from Missouri TO invite him
to visit St Louis during the State Fair i'll Oc-
tober aext was received 10y the President on
Monday Mayor Francis, of St Louis, who
headed the delegation, after presenting the
members of the delegation, delivered u formal
invitation to the President and Mrs Cleve-
land to visit St Louis at the time men toned.
In response the President said:
Ny reply TO your very complimentary and
hearty address will he very brief and practical.
At the.time YOU did me the honor with many
Of your fellowcitiZens to invite me to your city,
i felt il was an invitation which should not be
declined. felt that you had something there,
OF which you were deservedly Iroud. You had
Il city and n locality there OF which ii was only
right and just that you should wish the Chief
Magistrate of the country to see and appre-
ciate. OF this feeling have remarkable proof
IL was not at all necessary TO convince me OF
your good faith and sincerity that SO many OF
your good people should come here at this time
TO bring this invitation, and yet you don't know
how much 1t has pleased me To SEQ you all.
The desire to come to see you has increased
each day. dor feel now that can do other
wise than accept your invitation. The arrange
ment made before was entirely free from any
complication and presented no likelihood of
any. You are aware that agreed to visit the
city of Atlanta early in October. speak Of this
because when We are about to determine upon
the dag when l can visit you this Atlanta visit
must be taken into consideration. However
this is matter that can be arranged afteTward
Luckily we have plenty OF time. / shall be glad
to meet or correspond with n committee of your
citizens and fix the date and make the arrange
ments in detail But the thing must be done.
will come
The Commissioner of Pensions has been
paralyzed by the receipt of request from n
pensioner i'll Kansas TO be taken off the list OF
Government dependents The Kansas man
explains that he has been cured of his dsa-
fait in tha Tor lint oil hat
there wasn't much the matter with him, any
how, 80 that the Blessed Lord had very little
TO do. Naturally enough, his sanity 10 doubted
by the authorities, and his name will be car
ried on the pension-rolls pending an investi-
cation.
A Washington dispatch of Thursday says:
The Secretary of the Interior today on appli-
cation Of settlers in O'Brien County, Iowa, that
the United States assert title to SIS. 297 acres OF
land in that county, claimed by the Sioux City
and st. Paul and the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul Railway Companies, directed the Com
missioner of the General Land Office TO make
formal demand on the Sioux City
Company and the state for re-
conveyance Of 1900 acres in accordance
with the act of Congress of March g. 1eS. In
case of refusal the Secretary will request that
suit be instituted. The Secretary has also de-
cided to accept the reconveyance by the State
of Iowa to the United States of 5000 acres
lying in Plymouth, Woodbury., and Sioux Coun-
ties, which are claimed by the Sioux City and
Pacific Road, but were withheld by the State
because of the non-completion of the road to
Sioux City, the same having been constructed
only 70 Lemars.
SENATOR HARRIS, Of Tennessee, having tele-
graphed that 100 citizens of Memphis were
coming to Washington to invite the President
to visit that city during his Western trip, Mr..
Cleveland replied that the committee ought to
be spared the long journey during the heated
term when a written invitation by mail would
be a. effective. Similar answers will be sent
to other Western CT es in which arrange
ments are being made TO send invitation
bearing committees to Washington.
KANSAS CITY's delegation which went to
Washington to invite the President to visit
that city during his contemplated Western
trip, called on AR. Cleveland at the White
House Wednesday, and presented the invita-
ton, which was accepted, although no date
was fixed